In a statement, W. Mark Smith, who heads the firm’s employee benefits and executive compensation practice, said, “Sutherland has long advised leading cable and telecommunications companies on their tax and benefits matters, and these lawyers enhance our tax and benefits services while expanding our range of industry service across all facets of transactional work, employment law and litigation.”

The team is bringing over some of their old clients, according to Dudzinsky.

To keep up with rapid changes in the media and telecommunications industries, Dudzinsky said that one has to be fully immersed in the field. “At Sutherland you’re in the middle of it,” he said.